A secure database for human specimen repositories

Secure storage and retrieval of ethically sensitive information about human samples presents a special problem for research groups and institutions. This problem is addressed by providing a randomized identification of samples, which can only be decoded by providing two passwords: one from the resea...

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Published inProceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37439) Vol. 4; pp. 3471 - 3473 Vol.4
Main Authors de Azevedo, D.F.G., de Souza, A.C., Glock, F.S., Russomano, T., Glock, S.S.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2003
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Cryptography
Data security
Ethics Committee
Geriatrics
Gerontology
Humans
Information retrieval
Secure storage
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Summary:Secure storage and retrieval of ethically sensitive information about human samples presents a special problem for research groups and institutions. This problem is addressed by providing a randomized identification of samples, which can only be decoded by providing two passwords: one from the researcher, and one from an Ethics Committee (Institutional Review Board) representative.
ISBN:0780377893
9780780377899
ISSN:1094-687X
1558-4615
DOI:10.1109/IEMBS.2003.1280896